Ismail Kadare

Also known as Ismail Kadaré, Prince of Asturia

Albanian writer (1936–2024)

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Ismail Kadare was an Albanian poet, novelist, translator, and writer born in Gjirokastër in 1936. He was educated at the University of Tirana and the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. His notable works include *The General of the Dead Army*, *The Castle*, *Chronicle in Stone*, and *Broken April*. He wrote in Albanian and French and was influenced by Italo Calvino.

Kadare received the Princess of Asturias Literary Prize, the Herder Prize, the Commander of the Legion of Honour, and the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the International Booker Prize. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania, the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo, and the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts. He held citizenship in Albania, France, and Kosovo.

He died on July 1, 2024, at Mother Teresa Hospital in Tirana. Kadare was an atheist and spoke French, Russian, and Albanian. He was married to Helena Kadare and had two children, including Besiana Kadare.

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Born: 1936
Works: 319

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Ismail Kadare (spelled Ismaïl Kadaré in French; born 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a leading international literary figure and intellectual. He focused on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him famous internationally. In 1992, Kadare was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca;…

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kosovo
Place of birth: Gjirokastër
Place of death: Tirana
Spouse: Helena Kadare
Child: Besiana Kadare
Occupation: writer
Educated at: Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
Languages spoken: Albanian
Native language: Albanian
Religion: atheism
Notable work: The Palace of Dreams
Field of work: prose
Image: Ismail Kadare (portret).jpg
Number of children: 2

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Commons category: Ismail Kadare
date of birth: 1936-01-28
member of: Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
topic's main category: Category:Ismail Kadare
nominated for: International Booker Prize
name in native language: Ismail Kadare
ethnic group: Albanians
influenced by: Italo Calvino
writing language: French
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date of death: 2024-07-01
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: myocardial infarction

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Ismail Kadare ( Albanian: [ismaˈil kadaˈɾe]; 28 January 1936 – 1 July 2024) was an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. He was a leading international literary figure and intellectual, focusing on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him famous internationally.

Kadare is regarded by some as one of the greatest writers and intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries, and as a universal voice against totalitarianism. Living in Albania during a time of strict censorship, he devised stratagems to outwit Communist censors who had banned three of his books, using devices such as parable, myth, fable, folk-tale, allegory, and legend, sprinkled with double-entendre, allusion, insinuation, satire, and coded messages. In 1990, to escape the Communist regime and its Sigurimi secret police, he defected to Paris. From the 1990s he was asked by both major political parties in Albania to become a consensual President of the country, but declined. In 1996, France made him a foreign associate of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, and in 2016, he was a Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur recipient.

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